Haftom Zarhum

Haftom Zarhum (1986-19 October 2015) was an Eritrean asylum seeker who was murdered by an Israeli soldier at a Beersheba bus station after the soldier mistook him for an accomplice of the terrorist Muhand al-Okabi.

Biography
Haftom Zarhum was born in Eritrea in 1986, and he later fled his country to escape Isaias Afwerki's authoritarian regime. Zarhum sought asylum in Israel alongside several other African refugees, and he settled in Beersheba. On 19 October 2015, Zarhum was shot and repeatedly beaten by Israeli civilians after Muhand al-Okabi shot an IDF soldier dead, with a policeman mistaking the innocent Zarhum for another Palestinian terrorist. Zarhum died of his wounds, and two prison service personnel were arrested for the deadly assault.